The Republican Tea Party Contract on America

DNC Chairman Tim Kaine and Democratic members of Congress held a press conference today to highlight the real Republican agenda for America, unveiling "The Republican Tea Party Contract On America." For the better part of the past year, Republicans have tried to come up with a new agenda for the American people with mixed results. However, with the Tea Party now the most potent force in Republican politics, the Republican agenda has become clear.

Chairman Kaine summed up the Republican Tea Party Contract on America:

“We’re here to offer a helpful suggestion. Republicans and their Tea Party supporters can take a break from the town halls and relax because we have distilled their agenda for the American people into a handy ten point blue print for how they would govern that we are calling the ‘Republican Tea Party Contract on America.’ This wasn’t hard to come up with so were a little bit at a loss as to why this has been difficult for Republican leaders. We literally have just listened to what their leaders and candidates have been saying – people who have been increasingly influenced by the Tea Party.”

The Republican Tea Party Contract on America is a compilation of GOP leaders’ top priorities, providing Americans with a clear outline of just what the Republican Party will have to offer this fall. Republican leaders and Tea Party-supported Republican candidates from Nevada to Utah and Kentucky to Florida can now rally around the Republican Tea Party Contract on America.

As Rep. Charlie Gonzalez said at the press conference to launch the initiative, "The Republican Party is actually saying, put us back in the driver’s seat. The first thing that they will do is place that economic vehicle in reverse – that’s the only gear they know, because they’re guided by that view in the rearview mirror.”

Listen to the full audio of the press conference with Chairman Kaine, DNC Vice Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, DNC Vice Chair Mike Honda, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Congressman Charlie Gonzalez, Congressman Keith Ellison and Congressman Frank Pallone.

To coincide with the launch, the DNC released a new web ad on the Republican Tea Party Contract on America, One and the Same:

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